We're wishing you a safe and Happy Halloween filled with happily haunted houses and far more treats than tricks!

If you're on trick-or-treat duty this year, Halloween is a perfect time
for taking an informal architectural tour, so pack up the kids and
stroll around a neighborhood you love to snoop for styles and features
that appeal to you! If staying in for a scary movie marathon is your
evening plan, take a mental breath between thrills and chills and
observe the architectural home details of all those haunted houses.
Dracula's castle had some really lovely Gothic turrets and dormers, the
Stanley Hotel is a lovely neo-Georgian estate, and the Addams family
certainly knew how to make the most of their dilapidated mansion for
entertaining and personal hobbies. Maybe there's a reason why these
characters don't want to leave their homes--besides just generally being
undead or having murderous vendettas.

What scary movie features would you choose in your house? A basement
laboratory or an attic lair? Secret passageways behind library
bookshelves? A window where you can broodingly gaze out over the city
below? Architecture can be a perfect partner in creating characters and
telling stories, so give it a thought tonight as you bury yourself in
empty candy wrappers!